Butter-printing machine



(No Model.) I Y J.W. BLNG1I au G.. W. sToUT.

BUTTER PRINTING MACHINE. No. 394,753. PatentedDem 18, 1888.

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UNrTnn STATES PATENT Orricn.

JOSEPH IV. BLACK AN D GEORGE IV. STOUT, OF HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUTTER-PRINTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,753, dltel December 18, 1888.

Serial No. 275,873. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH IV. BLACK and GEORGE Il'. BTOUT, of Hanover, in the county of York and State o'l' Pennsylvania,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Butter-Printing Machines, of

which the following is a specification, referl ence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object ot' our invention is to provide a machine which will mold butter into prints of a predetermined weight without the need of actually weighing the same; and the invention consists in theseveral details of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figures l and 2 are elevations representing opposite sides of the machine, the lever and printing-block being in different positions. Fig. 3 is an end view of the machine, showing the table in position; and Fig. 4 is a detached detail.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in the .respective figures.

A, A', and A2 are uprights let into grooves in the base B, and supporting on their upper ends the top (l, which is grooved to fit over them, the top and base being' tied together by means of the rods h, and the uprights iirmly secured to the top and base by pins or screws.

The top O is cut out, as shown in Fig. et, to form an opening', c, into wliichtlie box D is fitted. This box is open at top and bottom, the side pieces extending upward beyond the end pieces and being provided with grooves (l on their inner faces.

K is a shelf supported by the bracket It, attached to one end of the box D. This shelf is for the purpose of supporting the sliding cover L, which is adapted to fit in the grooves d and form a top for the box D when necessary. The side cl is cut away at its lower end at d2 to give access to the interior of the box, for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

E is the print-block, which is detachably connected to the rack-bar F and fits loosely within the box D. The bar F lies in a groove, c', in the upright A, and is adapted to slide up and down therein, and so give a reciprocal movement to the printing-'block E. The upl rig'hts A A2 are cutout lofallow the printingl block to be lowered sulliciently to bring its 4 upper face on a level with the upper face of i the top O. rlhe upright A is provided -with a slot, a, in which the segmental gear G is mounted on the pin g. This gear G engages with the rack-bar F, and has a lever, Il, bolted to it.l The top C is also provided with a slot, c', which registers with the slot a and allows the lever to assume a vertical. position.

H is a semicircular support or brace,'tirmly secured at its lower end to the base B and the upright A, and at iis upper end to the top O and box D. This support is provided with a slot, 71, in which the stop I is adjustable by l means of the screw 'i and thumb-nut i. On one side of the lever I-I is a trigger, J, one end of which is adapted to engage with the stop I, the trigger being held normally in contact with the semicircular support H by means of the spring j. The support H also serves as a gage, it being provided with marks h to which the stop I is moved, according as it is desired to make prints weighin g half a pound, a pound, or any other predetermined weight, the stop I limiting' the throw of the lever, an d consequently the vertical movement of the printing-block E.

M is a table detachably connected to the machine by means of the hook m and eye m. The upper part of the side d of the box D is provided with a small aperture, d3, for the purpose of allowing any surplus butter to be forced out of the box when molding and printing.

The operation is simple and will be easily understood.

The butter to be molded is placed upon the table M, so as to be readily fed into the box D through the aperture d2. The lever His brought to a vertical position, as shown in Fig. l, thereby bringing' the upper face of the printing-block level with the upper faces of the top O and table M. The slide L is moved into the grooves d and the stop I adjusted to the requisite mark on the support H. The butter being' fed into the aperture cl2, the lever H is depressed and the butter pushed up into the closed portion of the box by means of the printing-block E, where it will be molded into the proper form. The pressure is continued IOO until the trigger .T comes in Contact with the stop l, when t print of the intended weight will he in the hox. 1),:1ny Surplus having been t'oreed through the (qilerture di". The slide L is now pushed onto the sheli li, :1nd hy pulling' the trigger J lmek against the pressure oli' the spring j .it will pass over the stop l, und hy depressinl the lever the print ol' butter will he lilted entirely out ol the box, (see liig'. 2,) when it cnn ensil)v he removed from the ljninting-bloek.

lly depressing the lever ll to the limit of its movement the printi11g-bleek, E mid reekllnr F een be removed lrom the mnehine, mid

adjustable stop, and n trigger on said lever adapted to engage with the Said stop, suhstftntiztlly als specified.

In a butter-printing jlnaehine, the combination, with the main henn, of n. box se cured thereto, :t slidingl Cover, and n shell' supported by said hox and adapted to support the sliding;l cover when removed From the hox, substantially as speeilied.

Il. In a hutter-printing innehincg the eomhinntion, with the main tf1-allie, of n hox sel cured thereto, said box being' ln'ovided with the tnhle heing'also detnehn'hle the whole mln f be` easily washed A(tnd eleztned.

Havingdescribed our invention, we elzt m*Q l. The combination, with the malin lrmne, of at vertical rack-imi'Sliding therein and enrrying` at its upper end :t priMing-bleek, it box su]j)p(nfted on said 'i'rnrne in which the printingblock reeiproenles, n segmental gentimounted in seid t'rzune, :t lever attached to said segmental gem', at eireulnr support n1:- tnehed to said frame and provided with nin nn aperture at the lower end of one ol its sides, and nsnmll aperture near the upper end ot' said side, :i tnhle deteehzthly eonneeteifl to the lrmne und box, mid n, printing-bleek adapted to reciprocate within said hox, suhstnntially speeilied.

In testimony whereof we have heri'iunto set our hands and seals.

JOSEPH, W. I'ELACK. GEORGE \V. STOU'I. \\'itnesses:

JOHN KoLnm-z, GnoReE F. SeinvM-z'iz. 

